Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

[troyer]

a 5/8 cuba 1/4 asil 1/8 thai grade- too asil like but check out tail on her sister

Is her tail down like that all the time?

 

[cubalaya]

yes, she keeps her tail down and her lighter colored sisters do too. the grades with thai blood only(no asil) also keep their tail down. she is holding her wings like that because it was a very hot day 98 degrees

 

[troyer]

Is she one of the ones that are for sale, and if she is, how much does she weigh approximately?

 

[cubalaya]

she is over 2 lbs now at almost 6 months. got some pullet eggs from that pen today. I would say every pullet in that pen will be 4 lbs at maturity with the exception of the silver pullet that will probably be about 3lbs

 

[troyer]

17 chicks out of 17 eggs. All the chicks are very energetic. The hen is 3/4 Cubalaya bred to a full blooded golden duckwing Cubalaya cock.

 

[Redtractorranch]

I am new to Cubalayas I received 15 BBR this spring. I have already culled the slower growers and otherwise weak ones as well as any that have obvious DQs. I have 12 left with the oldest at 18 weeks. I know that they mature slowly, but is there anything else I can cull on? I am trying to free up space without shooting myself in the foot.

I only have 3 cockerels left, so I am holding all of them, but for the pullets? I weighed them all with the 18 wk olds coming in at around 2#4oz, 16 wk in at 2# and the 12 week at 1#3oz and 1#6oz. Everyone has a below horizontal tail and has since the first tail feathers came in. I do have some with substantial white and some with spangling. All pullets are slightly crow headed with what is probably a too long beak.

"Blue" pullet 18 weeks, 2# 6 oz

"Brown" pullet 16 wks 2# even. After reading all the posts in this thread and in UFF, it is my understanding that the spangling will moult out, is that correct?



These are the two that I think are the best I have so far.

Opinions? If they are of subpar quality, please let me know. I have raised chickens long enough to not take offense, just cull and start over. If I am going to raise Cubalayas, I need to develop an "eye" for them. They are the exact opposite of the bantam cochins I have raised for years so retraining is needed.

 

[troyer]

I am new to Cubalayas I received 15 BBR this spring. I have already culled the slower growers and otherwise weak ones as well as any that have obvious DQs. I have 12 left with the oldest at 18 weeks. I know that they mature slowly, but is there anything else I can cull on? I am trying to free up space without shooting myself in the foot.

I only have 3 cockerels left, so I am holding all of them, but for the pullets? I weighed them all with the 18 wk olds coming in at around 2#4oz, 16 wk in at 2# and the 12 week at 1#3oz and 1#6oz. Everyone has a below horizontal tail and has since the first tail feathers came in. I do have some with substantial white and some with spangling. All pullets are slightly crow headed with what is probably a too long beak.

"Blue" pullet 18 weeks, 2# 6 oz

"Brown" pullet 16 wks 2# even. After reading all the posts in this thread and in UFF, it is my understanding that the spangling will moult out, is that correct?



These are the two that I think are the best I have so far.

Opinions? If they are of subpar quality, please let me know. I have raised chickens long enough to not take offense, just cull and start over. If I am going to raise Cubalayas, I need to develop an "eye" for them. They are the exact opposite of the bantam cochins I have raised for years so retraining is needed.

They almost don't look like Cubalaya. They seem to be almost hard feathered, almost as if someone added oriental blood in the not so distant past. The spangling might not go away as there are spangled Cubalaya now or perhaps she is only showing one copy of spangling, if that's the case then it's possible for the spangling to disappear in her adult molt. I would not cull for beak length quite yet as sometimes it seems they "grow into" their long beaks. I have one that I kept when it seemed by all appearance her beak was too long. I think her beak is a bit long yet, but she grew up to become a 5 pound hen at one year old. I am going to breed from her because of her size, I'll just need to breed her to a cock that compliments where she lacks. I personally like the spangled pullet the best.
If you could show some pictures of the cockerels that would give me more visual information on what seems to be going on here.

 

[Redtractorranch]

Here are the two older cockerels. I don't have weights on them yet.


The top photo is 12 weeks old, the bottom is 16 weeks. Sorry for the poor photos and positioning. Trying to take pictures during evening feeding time is challenging.

 

[troyer]

Here are the two older cockerels. I don't have weights on them yet.


The top photo is 12 weeks old, the bottom is 16 weeks. Sorry for the poor photos and positioning. Trying to take pictures during evening feeding time is challenging.

The 12 week old cockerel looks the best from what can be seen in the photo, if I would need to choose between these two I would choose the dark one. It looks like the dark one carries one copy of spangling.
The beak on the 16 week cockerel looks too long and his head seems very un-Cubalaya like. Almost more like a poor Thai head. The tail looks like it could be decent, overall body type looks okay, except for the head. Could you show us a broad side, standing upright picture of the dark cockerel sometime?

 

[cubalaya]

the spangling on the hen will probably stay after moulting. I had one like that with the 'teardrops of the virgin'. kept her a few years and the spangling stayed. spangling on stags usually molts out. I would play with these until you get an eye for what you think a cubalaya should look like. read the apa standard. look at cubalaya pics, recent and historic.